A poor hero

"Grandpa Patriarch, Chen Chen, it's time to eat."

Shen Qian walked out of the kitchen carrying food and shouted.

From the time I took the car back in the county seat in the morning to now.

Chen Chen had been struggling for a long time, and he was really hungry.

So he politely waited for Patriarch Shen to sit down first, then pulled up the chair and sat up.

These dishes are all made from the meat and fish brought back by Chen Chen.

As for the things that Chief Shen brought, they kept them and waited for the villagers who were working to come back to eat them.

"Chen Chen, you eat well with the clan leader, we will eat in the kitchen."

After Shen Qianniang brought out the last plate of eggs, she ordered Chen Chen with a smile.

Chen Chen looked at the dishes on the table and then thought about the portions Shen Qian bought.

He knew that almost all the vegetables and meat had been taken out, and even if there were still vegetables and meat in the kitchen, there should be very few left.

So he asked in confusion: "Mom, why is this? You took Shen Qian, Shen Nan and the others out to eat together!"

Shen Qianniang shook her head and refused: "Nan'er is still young and not suitable for going on stage, and we women have never been in the habit of going on stage to eat."

Chen Chen thought for a moment and understood.

According to the rules of Xu County, if there are guests at home, women are generally not allowed to go on stage to eat.

Chen Chen, who traveled through time in the new era, did not have this backward concept at all.

So he said with a serious face: "Mom, this concept will change in the future. Besides, there are no outsiders here! Grandpa, the patriarch, is also one of his own family."

Patriarch Shen also nodded and agreed: "Mother Shen Qian, listen to Chen Chen, just call me sister-in-law. Shen Qian and Shen Nan will come over to eat together. I am not an outsider, so I don't need to behave like that."

The clan leaders have all spoken, with Shen Qianniang as the junior.

She didn't dare to shirk anymore, so she had to go into the kitchen and call for help.

"Clan leader, how can this be done? There has never been a case of women coming to the stage to eat in Shen Village. I can't break this rule."

Grandma Shen Qian strode out and said apologetically.

Patriarch Shen raised his head, with a majestic and unquestionable look in his eyes, "Sister-in-law, I asked you to eat together, then eat together, are you going to be like Dadong and disobey me again?"

Grandma Shen Qian didn't dare to ignore Patriarch Shen's words like Shen Dadong did.

She had no choice but to take Shen Qian and the others up to the stage to eat together with bowls and chairs.

Shen Nan was so angry that he couldn't eat meat because his grandma didn't let him go on stage.

Now he was sitting obediently on the table, staring at the pork and fish on the table, as if these meats were the only ones in his world.

The permeating aroma teased his greedy mind and made him drool involuntarily, making the sound of swallowing saliva from time to time.

Patriarch Shen smiled, put a piece of braised pork into Shen Nan's bowl, "Shen Nan, eat quickly, you must be starving!"

Shen Nan couldn't bear it anymore. He immediately picked up the meat in the bowl, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it quickly.

Grandma Shen Qian took the chopsticks, tapped his hand gently, and scolded: "Shen Nan, eat slowly, you can't even taste the meat if you eat it so fast."

"Sister-in-law, let him eat. Eat more so that he can grow up."

Patriarch Shen took another piece of meat and put it in Shen Nan's bowl.

"Yes, the patriarch is right, Shen Nan needs to eat more meat to grow up."

Chen Chen nodded and agreed with Patriarch Shen's statement.

He also put a piece of meat into Shen Nan's bowl.

Chen Chen turned around and saw Shen Qian with her head down, eating white rice.

He hurriedly picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into Shen Qian's bowl, and said with a smile: "Shen Qian, why are you eating white rice? You also want to eat meat! You haven't grown up yet?"

Shen Qian raised her head, picked up the braised pork in the bowl, and put it into Shen Nan's bowl. "I have eaten it before. My brother has not eaten meat for a long time. I want to leave it to my brother."

Shen Nan was moved to tears and nodded happily.

Chen Chen picked up another piece of braised pork and put it in Shen Qian's bowl. His voice was a little stern, "There is more on the plate. You also need to eat some meat to grow white and fat."

Shen Qian had no choice but to follow Chen Chen's instructions and eat meat.

Grandma Shen Qian was unhappy when she saw Shen Qian eating meat happily.

She murmured in a low voice, "Shen Qian is a girl. Girls don't need to eat so well."

Unexpectedly, Chen Chen heard these words clearly.

He couldn't understand why Shen Qian's family had such a serious patriarchal mentality.

It would be great if it was like my third aunt's house. The family is harmonious and life is peaceful and beautiful.

Chen Chen suddenly became unhappy.

He said seriously: "Grandma, what you said is wrong. Girls are half-hearted! Even if we are far away, my mother is the one who supports our family!"

Grandma Shen Qian choked and blushed at Chen Chen's words.

But she had just played the role of a kind grandmother, and it was hard for her to have an attack, otherwise all her previous work would be in vain.

So she said nothing and became silent.

Although Patriarch Shen disagreed with Chen Chen's statement, he was even more unwilling to let the family's hard-won harmony be destroyed again.

He picked up a piece of braised pork, put it in Grandma Shen Qian's bowl, and persuaded, "Okay, sister-in-law, things are different now. Is there anything else on the plate? Everyone can eat this meat."

"Mom, listen to the patriarch, there is still some in this bowl. You should eat more. Besides, Shen Qian brought this meat back. It would be nice for her to taste it."

Shen Qianniang also noticed something was wrong with her mother-in-law, so she quickly picked up a piece of meat and put it into her mother-in-law's bowl, trying to stop her mouth.

At this time, Shen Dadong, who had been chased and fled to nowhere, rushed back in ragged clothes.

Grandma Shen Qian was furious when she saw Shen Dadong's appearance.

She stood up, picked up the stick lying next to her, and beat Shen Dadong hard, "If you don't learn well, you won't be able to support a family, and you will be useless."

Shen Dadong was beaten so much that he yelled "Ahhhh".

He felt aggrieved.

He had just come back, and he didn't even know what happened, and he was beaten hard by his own mother.

He had no choice but to escape from the house without eating.

"Okay, sister-in-law, today Shen Qian brings her husband home for the first time. The Shen family used to be a big family, so don't be rude."

Patriarch Shen persuaded bitterly.

Grandma Shen Qian slowly calmed down after hearing this.

When she was a child, her family also valued boys over girls and treated her very badly, often beating and scolding her.

Before she grew up, she was sold to the dilapidated Shen family as a child bride.

The Shen family was nothing. They had no money to hire a maid, so they kept working her as a maid. They often abused her and didn't even have enough to eat.

Patriarch Shen's words just now awakened her and reminded her of her unbearable past.

She didn't know when she had become the kind of person she hated, doing the same bad things.

She woke up, she wanted to repent, and she wanted to treat Shen Qian and her mother well.

So she picked up a piece of braised pork one after another and put it into the bowls of Shen Qian and her mother. She choked and said: "Chen Qian, Shen Qian, mother, don't blame grandma. It was grandma who was not good at treating you and your mother this way."

Shen Qianniang's heart felt warm. She had been married for more than ten years.

This was the first time my mother-in-law had given her meat.

Seeing that Shen Qianniang was about to cry, Patriarch Shen hurriedly changed the subject, "Sister-in-law, Shen Qianniang, what do you think Shen Qian and the others should do about their marriage?"

Grandma Shen Qian and Shen Qianniang were stunned when they heard this and didn't care to cry. They had never thought about this problem.

Because Shen Dadong wanted to sell Shen Qian, it was not a marriage at all, so there was no such thing as a marriage.

It was Chen Chen who resolved this embarrassing situation.

He told everyone one by one the plans he had thought up before.

That means waiting for the third uncle to come back at the end of the month and bring his things to propose marriage.

Then the two sides decided on a good day, and he married Shen Qian in a big sedan chair.

Patriarch Shen frowned and asked in confusion: "Chen Chen, if you do such a grand thing, it will cost a lot of money. Do you have that much money?"

Chen Chen nodded and replied with a smile: "Grandpa Patriarch, I don't have that much money at the moment, but I can make money! I happen to have a business deal that I want to talk to you about?"